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Azerbaijani delegation left tourism exhibition in Berlin protesting against participation of â€œFriends of Artsakh (Karabakh)â€ society

13 March 2009 15:57 (UTC +04:00)

Our diplomatic office learned that Berlin-based â€œFriends of Artsakh (Karabakh)â€ society had applied for participation in the exhibition and was registered. Taking into account that participation of the above-mentioned society in the exhibition may aim to propagate the so-called Nagorno Karabakh Republic and to act against Azerbaijanâ€™s territorial integrity, the embassy held negotiations and correspondences with the leadership of ITB exhibition. The leadership of ITB made a written promise that measures will be taken to cancel the stand if the society violates the regulations. After the start of the exhibition, seeing the societyâ€™s activity against Azerbaijan and stand â€œMountainous Karabakhâ€ the embassy demanded ITB leadership to close the stand. Azerbaijani Diaspora organizations in Germany and Germany-Azerbaijan Forum also protested against the illegal activity and appealed to ITB leadership.

Though the society was prevented from spreading some propagating materials, the exhibition leadership did not completely fulfill the embassyâ€™s demand, the stand was not canceled. Taking this into account, the embassy contacted relevant government agencies of Azerbaijan and as a result of it Azerbaijani delegation left the exhibition. The embassy said Azerbaijani ambassador to Germany Parviz Shahbazov issued a press release saying that ITB leadership did not take necessary measures to prevent illegal activity of â€œFriends of Artsakh (Karabakh)â€ society against Azerbaijanâ€™s territorial integrity in the exhibition. The embassy also appealed to German Foreign Ministry and related government agencies about it.